Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Seth_Rogue_One Good drama with some fine acting from Ellen Page and Julianne Moore.They feel realistic as a couple and as the characters they portray, Ellen Page plays a tomboy with a bit of a manly body movement pattern and a boyish haircut to match which is true to the real life person she is portraying and Julianne Moore plays a detective who's in the closet.Starts out solid but drops the ball a bit in the middle when it becomes a little too focused on politics instead of the close-up romance between the 2 it initially is and other characters taking up a little too much space and time.I like Steve Carell a lot and I don't necessarily dislike his character in this it's just that his character is not the reason why we are watching the movie Julianne Moore's and Ellen Page's characters are so giving him so much to say and do in the second half takes away a little too much focus.But it occasionally gets back on track and is overall still a pretty good film.6.5/10

Hellmant 'FREEHELD': Five Stars (Out of Five)A low-budget drama flick; based on the Oscar winning 2007 documentary short film (of the same name), by filmmaker Cynthia Wade. It tells the story of a veteran New Jersey police officer, named Laurel Hester, and her struggle to pass on her pension benefits, to her life partner Stacie Andree; after Laurel was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The movie stars Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon and Steve Carell; Page also served as a producer on the film. It was directed by Peter Sollett (who also helmed 2008's 'NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST' and 2002's 'RAISING VICTOR VARGAS') and it was scripted by Ron Nyswaner (who also wrote 1993's acclaimed gay rights-courtroom drama flick 'PHILADELPHIA'). I absolutely love this film!Laurel Hester (Moore) was a police officer, in Ocean County, New Jersey, for 23-years. Then she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. She attempted, many times, to pass on her pension benefits; to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree (Page), but failed. Laurel got a lot of support, in her battle; from Stacie, her partner Dane Wells (Shannon) and (the founder of Garden State Equality) Steve Goldstein (Carell). Many more, also rose to the occasion; to help Laurel. The movie starts out as a very touching romance, then it changes to a tragic cancer battle story, and then it concludes as a very passionate courtroom drama flick! The movie works, on all three fronts; and it works very well. The directing is superb, the story is very moving, and the performances are all phenomenal. Moore and Page are great, in the first half of the film, then they take a little bit of a backseat to Shannon (who is fantastic in the movie as well). Carell is also hilarious comic relief. The movie works, in all ways, but it's especially inspiring; and it's also (definitely) a good tearjerker.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://youtu.be/A1MyBFioKXM

851222 Greetings from Lithuania."Freeheld" (2015) is a movie based on a very real story. I won't go into plot details, but this is kinda inspirational story. The lead performance by Julianne Moore is great - you won't expect anything less from this caliber Oscar winner, and she delivers it. Movie itself isn't bad by any means, at running time 1 h 40 min it wasn't boring and i watched it in one sit, and that is not a bad sign. But movie-making wasn't original or exciting and etc. This is a very averagely told story, with any emotional deep (script lacks of it) or anything else for what i could remember this movie for longer then one day after i finished it.Overall, "Freeheld" is very watchable movie with no lasting impression. There are many well known faces in this movie, but they don't have much to do, script is very flat and predictable, directing is very simple. This is OK movie for one evening.

Kenji Chan Based on a true story and a 2008 Academy Award winning short documentary with the same title, Freeheld is a heart-wrenching and uplifting drama about a same-sex couple's relentless pursuit of love, justice and equality.When a veteran police officer Laurel Hester is diagnosed with terminal cancer, all she wants to do is leave her pension benefits to her life partner, Stacie, so that she can afford to keep their house. Laurel is told no since they are not husband and wife. After spending a lifetime fighting for justice for other people, Laurel launches a final battle for justice for the love of her life.The story is told in a straightforward manner. The first half of the film focuses on depicting Laurel as a dedicated police officer who dreads her colleagues finding out that she is a lesbian and as an average human being who longs for love and strives to start a family with "a house, a dog and a woman she loves". In a homophobic workplace, LGBTI people have to hide and lie since coming out of the closet makes them targets of bullying and affects their promotion. Apprehensive and timorous, Laurel can never truly be herself. The second half of the film focuses on the couple's brave but bitter fight against not only cancer, but also tradition, prejudice, ignorance and inequality, luckily and touchingly with the help of Laurel's colleague, a gay rights activist, the couple's friends and family members. Although some people criticize the first half of the film for being insipid, the director's refusal to resort to sentimentality is greatly appreciated. Instead of making a tear-jerker with clichés sugar-coating and praising effusively the greatness of homosexual love, the director creates life-like characters the audience care about and shows genuinely the love between Laurel and Stacie, which accurately echos the nature of the global fight for LGBTI rights. It can be summarized by what Laurel says in the movie – "I've never asked for special treatment. I'm only asking for equality." True love is beautiful and precious, be it heterosexual or homosexual.Religion is a major reason why some freeholders say no to Laurel's request. In the movie, a priest reminds us that Jesus himself says nothing about homosexuality in the bible. Most of the proscriptions against homosexuality come from the Old Testament, which does mention homosexuality as an abomination, yet if one had actually read the Bible, one would have noticed that the same book of Leviticus also considers eating shellfish, or wearing clothing of two fabrics, an abomination. Some religious people blindly believe in what their churches advocate and apply double standard. Now, let's assume a particular religion is against homosexuality. Should religion and state be separate? For example, it is well known that Pope John Paul II was against artificial birth control. Should there be a law prohibiting citizens from using condoms? If Buddhists deemed it wrong to kill animals, should the government make eating meat illegal? If homosexuals cannot get married just because it goes against your religion, you cannot have cookies because I'm on diet. It seems that some pious people are not aware of a fact that marriage is a legal system which does not belong to a particular religion. While freedom of religion should be totally respected, it is unacceptable to impose religious beliefs on both the legal system and non-believers. Indeed, the overarching theme of the Bible is love. Mother Teresa is right. "If you judge people, you have no time to love them".The ensemble cast is capable. Julianne Moore and Ellen Page are phenomenal. Their facial expressions and body language can effectively convey the characters' emotions. In the movie, we do not see the actresses. Instead, we see an ailing police officer and a car mechanic truly loving each other and fighting together against cancer and inequality. Michael Shannon also delivers a very convincing performance. His character is a "straight, white, ex-Protestant, atheist cop". The wholehearted support he has given Laurel is sincere and moving. Steve Carell, who plays the gay rights activist, adds comic relief to this knuckle-biting and heartbreaking journey. His performance in Foxcatcher is beyond compare though.Love is love. LGBTI people "deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise." Like Suffragette, Freeheld is an important film that needs to be seen. Never take human rights for granted. Let's speak out against injustice courageously, in the name of love.